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[Putters] Puckin futters
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Grippenripp
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I agree, I feel eraser is between 3s and RFF. Not a big fan of it I like the stiffer blends. S=firm and sure white is nice and stiff/tacky.
I prefer my putters to be made out of Viagra plastic, so I haven't messed with many Eraser discs. I have a really old Eraser Wizard from back when it was a specialty one-off run and some recent Eraser Warlocks, and all of them seem like SS. None of them are anywhere close to RFF. Like a lot of things Gateway, it probably just depends. The flexibility of Eraser plastic is probably all over the place.
You can get that with any of the blends, though. I have an SSS Wizard I got in a players pack that just isn't really all that soft, so I don't let what is written on the bottom bother me. I just throw it.
I prefered the old Medium plastic for Wizards, but I've gotten so many as players pack discs that I'm not super duper picky about that. I'll throw what I've got, and a lot of what I have is SS or SSS. I can live with them. The RFF ones are gross, though. It's like putting with a wet paper plate. I hate putters that soft.
I have a bunch of Gateway putters that are labeled "Organic" and none of them feel the same, so I have no idea what flex those are supposed to be close to. Glow is another wild card; they used to be stiff but now they are a mixed bag. The last one I got felt like SSS (and it didn't glow worth a ****) so I wasn't a happy camper.
For whatever reason, there is a magical grippy feel to the black Gateway S plastic. Maybe it's in my head. At any rate, there is a more tacky feel to those than other colors at the same flex. All things being equal, I'll grab the black Gateway putter every time.
You can get that with any of the blends, though. I have an SSS Wizard I got in a players pack that just isn't really all that soft, so I don't let what is written on the bottom bother me. I just throw it.
I prefered the old Medium plastic for Wizards, but I've gotten so many as players pack discs that I'm not super duper picky about that. I'll throw what I've got, and a lot of what I have is SS or SSS. I can live with them. The RFF ones are gross, though. It's like putting with a wet paper plate. I hate putters that soft.
I have a bunch of Gateway putters that are labeled "Organic" and none of them feel the same, so I have no idea what flex those are supposed to be close to. Glow is another wild card; they used to be stiff but now they are a mixed bag. The last one I got felt like SSS (and it didn't glow worth a ****) so I wasn't a happy camper.
For whatever reason, there is a magical grippy feel to the black Gateway S plastic. Maybe it's in my head. At any rate, there is a more tacky feel to those than other colors at the same flex. All things being equal, I'll grab the black Gateway putter every time.
Grippenripp
* Ace Member *
Okay, so after some research (and some recommendations) I finally got my hands on my new Rhyno and Stud today. First impression, DX plastic it's nice grippy light flex, it's baseline plastic. Threw the Rhyno at about fifty percent and man is it reliable, someone said literally a flying brick, YEP! I can see myself using this in a lot different ways even if it's not the choice I make for cycling I could see this as a great approach disc, hits and sits or you can make I skip on a low line with some juice, reliable and versatile. Also probably the most true to the numbers disc ever. The stud was glidey but not overly glidey, pretty workable and definitely predictable, super light forward penetrating, reliable fade. Both are very comfortable shallow putters that, honestly to me feel more like mid range discs. Still need to get some more time in with them and my chief OS to see who makes the cut and gets the seat in the bag, but I'm feeling like even if it isn't the Rhyno, it's still got a seat in the "secret weapon" slot.
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
I know what you mean about really floppy putters, I was going to get the Gumputt but I felt the disc and it is too soft for the discs I like, I did putt okay with a friends but the disc would be hard to use for me all the time. I do have a G9i Wizard 172 grams if you want that stiff a putter just PM me.
Grippenripp
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After all of the BS I think I decided to throw and putt wizards. I'm a piece oF $H!T for wasting all of your time but at least the Rhyno got a utility slot.
Grippenripp
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That is unless I can find something that's got that bullet nose of a traditional putter with a shallow rim like the stud, Rhyno that's kind of what I expected with the chief OS, not what I got that thing is crazy thin and more OS than a Rhyno, if the Rhyno is a brick the chief OS is a damn house.
Grippenripp
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But idk because the stud has been feeling and flying pretty well, just wish it was more traditional bullet nosed the rest the same as it is.
Grippenripp
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Ugh. To say the least. IDK if this "magical" putter exists or if my hunt to find the molds I want to keep and master is just becoming somewhat of an obsession right now LOL. I'd like the depth a Rhyno, the bead and nose of a wizard and a flight like a Challenger. I'm asking for too much aren't I??
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Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
Nope, Try a U-2 or Upshot #2 a Lighting Disc. Comes in both regular and Prostyle plastic. I think that disc is close to what you want, nose is not Wizard but more Aviar/Rhyno like. Has the bead of a Wizard.
Grippenripp
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By wizard I really just meant bullet nose.
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
Still nope with the Upshot #3 in both plastics the disc does not change much. It does not have that round of a nose. it is a smaller version of the one a Wizard has and a bit sharper.
Isn't a judge just a shallower wizard like putter? I've never putted with them, only felt them up in store. I haven't read all of your posts, but I assume you've already tried the judge? Also I have always felt that the ion and focus are wizard clones. Not sure that they feel shallower though.
Grippenripp
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Just started eyeing them. Don't like the price point.
K3 is considerably more durable than most baseline plastic but yeah their pricey.
SD86
Banned
K3 Rekos are really good discs. They're one of my top three discs for consideration as my putting putter (the other two being the Marshal and the Prodigy Pa3), and they're good throwers, as well. Rekos are VERY comfortable in the hand. K3 plastic is firm enough for me and so far has stayed firm (unlike Classic Blend/Zero Medium, which starts out firm but softens up).
My problem is not so much price but availability. Infinite gets them in from time to time, but can go long stretches without any K3 Rekos in the mid 170g range; and DGC does not have them at all.
SD86
Banned
I use the Judge for approaches and used to putt with it. To me, it is not more shallow feeling than the Wizards I have. The difference to me is in flight: the Judge has more glide than the Wizard.
Grippenripp
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I just recently saw that DGC added kastaplast and does have rekos. Is the new k3 plastic that was supposed to be stiffer out yet?? I heard that it softens up somewhere but I wouldn't know.
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